Project Nursery: Prints & Patterns Part 2

The Thibaut swatches have arrived! I feel like a kid in a candy store amidst all of these beautiful prints. Olivia was overwhelmed too.

After laying out a variety of different color ways, it quickly became clear that a coral, tan and brown palette was the way to go. The strong, saturated colors (mixed with a few softer pastels) would help to feminize the space while complimenting the colors of the wall animals.

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Hi Marcy, Thanks for your comment on PDB. I wish I could be more of a help because I know exactly what you mean – but to be quite honest I usually choose fabrics based on their look (sometimes trendy wins) and if it fits my budget. That being said, I think your best bet for your lined drapes would be to take them to a professional seamstress who can perhaps recommend or even implement a weighting of some sort to help balance the drapes. I can see how bowing on a horizontal line could get annoying! :)

I’m just discovering your blog and am loving every word! Maybe you or one of your followers can address this nagging issue. In your opinion, do you think the price you pay for a fabric determines quality? Why do I ask…?? Well, I made some lined drapes years ago from a medium weight cotton fabric I still adore. The fabric has a horizontal stripe. From home ec days decades ago I recall something about “straightening” the fabric. Perhaps that’s the issue with this fabric, idk, but the beautiful horizontal strips bow/sag slightly in the middle which really zaps the look (to me, most people don’t see it, thankfully), but I do wonder if I’d have used a higher priced fabric if I would have given a better quality fabric…I’ve gone so far as to remove all of the machine stitching, which was made with a high end machine using a walking pressure foot, on the side seams to try and eliminate the sag, but alas NOTHING has helped. How I would LOVE for these drapes to appear on the window as they do in my mind!! Is there a trick out there I need to know?!

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